Overview of Wildfire Prevention and Response Funding [Publication Details]

Apr 8, 2026 - Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 4 on Climate Crisis, Resources, Energy and Transportation
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Detail/5173

California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - Figure 1 below shows the statewide number of new car registrations from January 2018 through February 2026. This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. Slump in Registrations Continued Through February.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/Article/Detail/855

California New Car Registrations: February 2026 [EconTax Blog]

Apr 7, 2026 - Figure 1 below shows the statewide number of new car registrations from January 2018 through February 2026. This is a good proxy for the number of cars purchased by California residents. Slump in Registrations Continued Through February.
https://lao.ca.gov/LAOEconTax/article/Detail/855

California State University Capital Outlay Projects [EdBudget]

Mar 26, 2026 - This includes $10 million in donor support and $2 million in campus reserves. c The campus is anticipated to contribute $9.6 million in campus reserves for this project. P = preliminary plans. W = working drawings.
https://lao.ca.gov/Education/EdBudget/Details/1082

The 2026-27 Budget: Bureau for Private Postsecondary Education

Mar 25, 2026 - Those changes were fully implemented by July 1, 2018. Since then, revenues in the BPPE Fund have been roughly flat in unadjusted dollars. Adjusting for inflation, revenues were 18  percent lower in 2024-25 than in 2018-19.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5169

The 2026-27 Budget: California Education Learning Lab

Mar 25, 2026 - In 2018, the state established Learning Lab. The purpose of Learning Lab is to improve learning outcomes and help close equity gaps, particularly in STEM, at California ’s public higher education segments.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5171

Elections and the initiative process. [Ballot]

Mar 23, 2026 - Next, the remaining revenues would be used for (1)  the increased state and county costs associated with administering statewide primary and April elections for citizen initiatives and (2)  to compensate certain state and county government employees above their current levels of compensation if they perform certain work related to the citizen initiative process.
https://lao.ca.gov/BallotAnalysis/Initiative/2026-001

The 2026-27 Budget: Child Care and State Preschool

Mar 19, 2026 - Figure 2 shows the total number of subsidized child care slots, as well as total funding, since 2018‑19. Statutory intent language associated with the multiyear agreement would require an additional 44,000 slots in 2026‑27 and 33,000 in 2027‑28.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5168

The 2026-27 Budget: Governor’s Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation Proposals

Mar 19, 2026 - While this funding has now mostly been allocated to grantees, Proposition  4 —the 2024 climate bond —also assigned LCI and SGC responsibilities for administering bond funding for a number of similar climate programs.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5167

The 2026-27 Budget: California Competes Extension

Mar 18, 2026 - Changes made to the program in 2018 likely explain much of this trend. Specifically, the 2018 budget package: Removed a requirement that 25  percent of credits be reserved for businesses with less than $2  million in annual revenue.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5162